# Stupid Republican idea of the day **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 26, 2009, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897 "2009-03-26T18:48:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 153
**Author:** ![Katriona](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/katriona/32/113_2.png) [@Katriona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katriona)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3041 "2011-05-25T23:31:38Z")
And then there’s this guy, from Joplin: > **[Joplin Congressman Bill Long (R) Made Fun of Tornado Test Warnings, Wanted to...](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2011/05/23/978581/-Joplin-Congressman-Bill-Long-(R)-Made-Fun-of-Tornado-Test-Warnings,-Wanted-to-Sell-HAM-Frequencies?via=search)** > > I hate to politicize tragedies, but sometimes they shed light on the irresponsibility of those who are responsible for the well-being of our nation. > > Take Billy Long for example. ... ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2011, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3042 "2011-05-26T02:01:48Z")
> [@Katriona](#): > > And then there’s this guy, from Joplin: > > [Joplin Congressman Bill Long (R) Made Fun of Tornado Test Warnings, Wanted to Sell HAM Frequencies](http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/05/23/978581/-Joplin-Congressman-Bill-Long-%28R%29-Made-Fun-of-Tornado-Test-Warnings,-Wanted-to-Sell-HAM-Frequencies?via=search) You think these retards would learn from Bobby “Volcano Monitoring” Jindal. -Joe ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2011, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3043 "2011-05-26T02:10:34Z")
> [@Katriona](#): > > And then there’s this guy, from Joplin: > > [Joplin Congressman Bill Long (R) Made Fun of Tornado Test Warnings, Wanted to Sell HAM Frequencies](http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/05/23/978581/-Joplin-Congressman-Bill-Long-%28R%29-Made-Fun-of-Tornado-Test-Warnings,-Wanted-to-Sell-HAM-Frequencies?via=search) Are you talking about this? > [@](#): > > So, Billy Long makes fun of Tornado Warnings, then sponsors a bill to cut the HAM radio networks which help provide the National Weather Service and local authorities spotter reports on what is going on. I have to wonder if he will ever be held accountable for this irresponsibility…seems like he’s already pissed off some of his base. Geez, what are you, **Katriona** , some kind of Socialist? If there’s a market for Tornado Warnings, American entrepreneurs will provide it for profit. Frankly, I think a pay-per-twitter would work best. If the liberals who think everything should be free are too cheap to pay for the twitters and get their homes demolished, what loss is that? ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2011, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3044 "2011-05-26T02:20:06Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > Are you talking about this? > > Geez, what are you, **Katriona** , some kind of Socialist? If there’s a market for Tornado Warnings, American entrepreneurs will provide it for profit. Frankly, I think a pay-per-twitter would work best. If the liberals who think everything should be free are too cheap to pay for the twitters and get their homes demolished, what loss is that? You joke, but remember that Rick Santorum actually tried to disband and privatize NOAA. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2011, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3045 "2011-05-26T02:22:12Z")
Against my better judgment I clicked one of the Liberal links in this thread. It turns out Liberals are annoyed by a pending Texas law and threatening to stop airflights to Texas. I’d like to hear what’s so wrong with [this law](http://www.hro.house.state.tx.us/pdf/ba82r/hb1937.pdf#navpanes=0): > [@](#): > > CSHB 1937 would amend Penal Code sec. 39.03 to provide that a public servant would commit an offense if, while acting under his or her office and without probable cause, the public servant performed a search for the purpose of granting access to a publicly accessible building or form of transportation and intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly: > [ul][li]touched the anus, sexual organ, buttocks, or breast of another person, including touching through clothing; or[/li][li]touched the other person in a manner that would be offensive to a reasonable person.[/li][/ul] > A public servant would include a U.S. officer, employee, or agent; anyone contracted to perform on behalf of a U.S. branch, department, or agency; or anyone acting under federal law. The public servant would have a defense to prosecution if he or she performed the search pursuant to and consistent with an explicit and applicable grant of federal statutory authority that was consistent with the U.S. Constitution. I guess you liberals want someone to touch your anus and sexual organs. :smack: And please note that the proscription is only against U.S. officers, employees, agents and contractors. If there is a legitimate need to touch your anus and sexual organs, we can still have Texas law officers do it, thank you. ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2011, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3046 "2011-05-26T02:35:43Z")
The line to touch my anus starts on the left. ---
**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2011, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3047 "2011-05-26T02:41:15Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > Against my better judgment I clicked one of the Liberal links in this thread. It turns out Liberals are annoyed by a pending Texas law and threatening to stop airflights to Texas. I’d like to hear what’s so wrong with [this law](http://www.hro.house.state.tx.us/pdf/ba82r/hb1937.pdf#navpanes=0): > > I guess you liberals want someone to touch your anus and sexual organs. :smack: > > And please note that the proscription is only against U.S. officers, employees, agents and contractors. If there is a legitimate need to touch your anus and sexual organs, we can still have Texas law officers do it, thank you. Well it would seem such a law would stop flights out of Texas not ones into Texas. If passengers can’t be searched according to TSA standards the FAA isn’t going to allow the aircraft in the air. I say by all means please pass it. The rest of the country has no need for Texans getting out. For those trapped there I’m sorry but I admire your sacrifice, you’ll have to drive to the nearest border. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2011, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3048 "2011-05-26T03:01:32Z")
**septimus** , are you off your meds or am I being whooshed? ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2011, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3049 "2011-05-26T03:34:03Z")
> [@MOIDALIZE](#): > > The line to touch my anus starts on the left. errr… Pass. Thanks ever so much for the offer though. ---
**Author:** ![margin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@margin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/margin)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2011, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3050 "2011-05-26T04:36:03Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > I’m actually impressed that the guy apologized. Normally, Republicans only issue apologies to Rush Limbaugh. You missed one of the best parts. His mommy is staying with him _because his wife is out of town._ Apparently he needs adult supervision. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2011, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3051 "2011-05-26T09:44:25Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > **septimus** , are you off your meds or am I being whooshed? Um, they don’t have me on anti-psychotics yet. 🆒 As to my failure to include a smiley-face in previous post, let me admit I’m of an age where my IQ is on a downward slope, but I do like to flatter myself that as long as I retain the intelligence of an average cockroach I’ll be immune to the right-wing gibberish of today’s America. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2011, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3052 "2011-05-26T11:54:27Z")
> [@margin](#): > > You missed one of the best parts. His mommy is staying with him _because his wife is out of town._ Apparently he needs adult supervision. [wild speculation] More likely he needs someone to cook and do laundry for him because he doesn’t know how. [/ws] ---
**Author:** ![Hunter\_Hawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3053 "2011-05-27T02:44:21Z")
Want to end global warming? Clear-cut the rain forest! > [@](#): > > Looking for a solution to global warming? Maybe start clear-cutting many of the world’s forests, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher says. > > The chairman of the House Foreign Affairs oversight subcommittee made it clear during a Wednesday hearing that he doesn’t believe in man-made global warming. > > But if it were true — and most of the world’s scientists agree it is — Rohrabacher said he’s hit on an answer by tackling the 80 to 90 percent of heat-trapping greenhouse gas emissions “generated by nature itself”: Namely, yank down old trees and get rid of the rotting wood in rainforests. > > “Is there some thought being given to subsidizing the clearing of rainforests in order for some countries to eliminate that production of greenhouse gases?” the California Republican asked Todd Stern, the top U.S. climate diplomat and lead witness at the hearing. [http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0511/55731.html](http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0511/55731.html) ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3054 "2011-05-27T03:24:46Z")
So… She’s simply deluded about the facts? Or is she lying? I think the jury is still out on that one. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3055 "2011-05-27T03:32:49Z")
> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > So… She’s simply deluded about the facts? Or is she lying? I think the jury is still out on that one. Dana Rohrabacher is a man. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3056 "2011-05-27T03:46:04Z")
Lying _and_ deluded, then. ---
**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3057 "2011-05-27T03:53:31Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Lying _and_ deluded, then. Or stupid. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3058 "2011-05-27T04:22:11Z")
> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > So… She’s simply deluded about the facts? Or is she lying? I think the jury is still out on that one. [Dana Rohrabacher.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:DanaRohrabacher.jpg) There used to be a pic somewhere of him with then-_mujahedeen_ Osama bin Laden, but I can’t find it anymore. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3059 "2011-05-27T05:26:21Z")
Cow farts. Tons of methane, every day. Soybeans don’t fart. ---
**Author:** ![Double\_Foolscap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85e7bf/32.png) [@Double\_Foolscap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Double_Foolscap)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3060 "2011-05-27T07:19:31Z")
I read in some trivia book that a full grown tree does produce more carbon dioxide through respiration than it uses up in photosynthesis - maybe that’s the fact Dana is working off? I mean, if you ignore the destruction of habitat, massive ecological damage caused by soil erosion and the fact that it’s a stupid idea, it’s not that stupid of an idea. Edit: I’m not saying that that factoid is _true_, as I have no cite, but if I’ve heard it somebody else must have. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=152) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=154)